Monks reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,295 total reviews)
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Sir Martin Sorrell | Wesley ter Haar | Bruno Lambertini

31% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Monks has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,295 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Monks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
Sep 7, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Work-life Balance: Depending on what team/program you work for that will determine work life balance and culture. - Compensation: Started with the company at the rise of pay but new employees are being compensated the same

Cons

- Need to stick to old values that made this company originally great

4.0
Aug 22, 2023

Good but can be better

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Really supportive environment - love all my coworkers and the family feel

Cons

All companies under Media.Monks are still acting as separate entities. Would love some more overlap and opportunities cross-company.

1.0
Jul 16, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There aren't any pros to working here.

Cons

- Absolute disconnect from top to bottom, there is 0 sense of comradery in the company, as its so big its literally impossible to feel like your a part of it, you just feel like you operate in a silo. - Overworked, underpaid, complete savages - Fires any talent that challenges the status quo - Fires any talent who wants to create a healthy work culture - 99% of their employees leave, since only the top 3 executives are actually making any money or have a decent work schedule - managers are expected to take on 2-3 times the client load initially promised in interview - Training is non-existent, and they expect you to create the training manuals, despite the fact that they're pitching clients daily on their proprietary strategies and systems, which are actually completely dysfunctional, understaffed, underqualified, and ultimately you are paying 10x the actual the man hours your getting. - Its impossible to establish strong rapport with clients, as there are simply too many to spend quality time with any one of them. - The only managers who do succeed are spending 12-14 hours a day working - They do not compensate for overtime, even if its being required of you to meet deadlines - Ridiuclous amount of time and effort expected of you throughout the entire year, there is no break, and it only gets worse - Professional, positive and constructive feedback I provided to upper management was met with hostility and they ended up firing me - just for pointing out some areas for improvement, and I even put together a new Rx model, and action plan to fix some of the cultural and communication issues, this was met with the response of employee termination - they basically fired me because I wanted to make things better; its obvious they have no interest in changing their wholly unethical business practices.

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